Deko has just realeased an updated rulebook and a provisional racecalender and provisional car restrictions. Very good news on both. Nice tracks and the new restrictions should make the XRR more competitive too. I think we should use this thread for any futher discussions about the GTAL.

The SO is not fully decided because we have a few combos in mind. SO4 is considered overused, and we won't use that. Jackson brought up SO6R as "being really great" that we basically canned that idea. So, the combos we've narrowed it down to are:SO4R and SO5. We are leaning at the moment towards SO4R, but want to hear what you all think.

You´re used to the reversed way round, but if you started with the normal track and then got onto reverse, you´d see how much more difficult it is. Most difficult track on the calender is WE1R in my opinion. It´s very hard finding your braking points there. Otherway round it would be much easier.

Rookie41 wrote:BL1 R ? holy cow ... even in the XFG i have my moments there at the end of the long straights. Can't wait to see where my XRR will land after i lose control

I think the only real problems will be T1 because you can´t actually see when you go uphill over the line and that curb in the chicane after the long straight. You can roll over there if you get it wrong.

Listening some important info here from rulebook.Full rulebook can be found HERE. All must read it entirely as it is important that you know what to do!!

1.SKIN NAME:For organizational purposes, skin names must be named as followed (substituteappropriate value for “X” and “Team”), per car:XRR: XRR_GTALRX_Team.jpg

2. NAME:All drivers shall format their names as stated in the NDR Sporting Code andCharter. (don't forget to double check that when joining the server to do your stint!)

3. QUALIFY:Each race weekend shall have two qualifying sessions. The fastest time of thetwo sessions will be taken to set the grid.a. Session One shall be held from 20:00 UTC on the Sunday Preceding the race.and shall run for sixty (60) minutes.b. Session Two shall be held from 20:00 UTC on the Friday preceding the raceand shall run for forty-five (45) minutes.A maximum of two (2) drivers from a team may take part in the two sessions.There shall be only one driver per team on course at any given time.

4. DRIVER SWAP:No single driver on a team may drive more than 75% of the team’s racedistance. Driver swaps may be made at any time, without limit to number of swaps. Anentering driver may only join the server on the teams in-lap and the partingdriver must leave within one lap of the takeover. Failure to abide by this mayresult in a kick for the offending driver.

5. PIT STOP + PIT LINE + PIT can CLOSE:Pit Lane1. During green flag conditions, the pit lane shall remain open and pits tops may bemade freely.a. The entry lane as marked by the yellow or white line is a guideline to which nopenalty will be enforced for cutting. Exceptions may be listed on certaincourses in the Drivers’ Briefing thread prior to a round.b. You may use any currently open pit stall for your pitstop. Travel to thefurthest stall down to reduce risk of collisions in pit lane.c. Do not re-enter the track until the yellow or white line ends, or other furthermarkings by race administration. Crossing this line may result in a drivethroughpenalty.You shall drive in the pit drivinglane (closest to the pit wall) until you reach your desired stall. You may beissued with a Drive-Through Penalty for violation of this rule. (= do it realistic, don't move over the boxes)

7. IRC CHAT MANDATORY:For efficient communication, use of IRC is mandatory. The server and channelinformation for each event shall be posted. There must be at minimum, oneactive team representative in the designated IRC channel. Failure to have anactive representative when a team’s attention is needed will result in a lost ofthe team’s fastest qualifying time from the next round’s qualifying as well as a 5-point penalty.

Wohoo! I just watched MoE qualifying @ KY3 (the round 2 track) and the XRR sucked hard! It was over a second slower than the fastest FZR in GT2. NDR will have test race this month, and if they change the balancing they give the teams the opportunity to change their car (not that we wanted to). If NDR don´t do anything about the balancing we´re not good shape.